Sentences with phrase «substantial slowdown of»
Shutdown or substantial slowdown of the AMOC, besides possibly contributing to extreme end - Eemian events, will cause a more general increase of severe weather.
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And given how low rates are and the political aversion to the use of fiscal policy a substantial slowdown could have very severe consequences.
The principal source of the ongoing moderation has been a substantial cooling in the housing market, which has led to a marked slowdown in the pace of residential construction.
... a pronounced strengthening in Pacific trade winds over the past two decades — unprecedented in observations / reanalysis data and not captured by climate models — is sufficient to account for the cooling of the tropical Pacific and a substantial slowdown in surface warming through increased subsurface ocean heat uptake.
Abstract:... Here we show that a pronounced strengthening in Pacific trade winds over the past two decades — unprecedented in observations / reanalysis data and not captured by climate models — is sufficient to account for the cooling of the tropical Pacific and a substantial slowdown in surface warming through increased subsurface ocean heat uptake.
As for cooling, the risk of an AMOC slowdown is increased by high emission rates, and that leads to a substantial cooling of European climate with, maybe, sea - ice or icebergs reaching Scotland, so if that is a genuine concern to you, think about that.
- HB (postscript: again one has to ask, if it's about 4,200 more cubic feet for a shut down, what * smaller * number of cubic feet would it take for «merely» a partial shutdown / slowdown of a magnitude enough to cause substantial weather disruption.